The Los Angeles Football Club nailed down a historic pair of 1-0 wins before the end of April last year.

There was opening day at CenturyLink Field in Seattle that inspired a supporters’ song about the club’s first competitive goal, a stunning shot by Diego Rossi that held up as the game-winner.

And the knuckling free kick by Laurent Ciman that snuck past Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei and revealed the stoppage time magic of Banc of California Stadium on its first night, April 29, 2018.

Last year’s results occurred two months apart in the midst of a rare downturn for Seattle as it dealt with injuries and tough midweek matches in CONCACAF Champions League play.

Since going 3-9-3 through four months of the 2018 Major League Soccer season, Seattle has won or tied 23 of its 25 league matches and is unbeaten in its last 11, including a 5-0-1 start this year.

The three longest streaks without a loss in Sounders’ history have occurred since the start of the 2017 season, the first full year Brian Schmetzer served as head coach following eight years as the club’s top assistant.

Seattle’s 16 points in 2019 represent the best start for a club that has earned 10 straight postseason berths — the longest streak in MLS and tied for longest in league history — and over the past decade owns a half-dozen trophies between the MLS Cup, the Supporters’ Shield and the U.S. Open Cup.

As the only remaining unbeaten MLS team this season, Seattle can set a club record by earning points in 14 straight matches if it staves off defeat during three games over the next eight days.

Because schedule makers once again booked a series of Western Conference matches between LAFC and Seattle within two months of the start of the season, the high-octane teams are set to determine that and more on consecutive Sundays to close out April.

The only draw during its current run was a scoreless match at Vancouver, where LAFC (6-1-1, 19 points) lost for the first time after rotating the lineup this week ahead of the Sounders clash — the last of three matches in nine days for Bob Bradley’s side.

While Whitecaps players stayed behind the ball and effectively stifled Carlos Vela, Diego Rossi and the top goal scoring team in MLS on Wednesday, Schmetzer promised that Seattle’s attackers will go after LAFC goalie Tyler Miller and the Black & Gold defense.

“It’s going to be quite interesting and unique,” said Colombian Eddie Segura, who has capably filled Ciman’s old spot at the center of LAFC’s defense alongside Walker Zimmerman. “It’ll feel like a final because of the team that they are and the team that we are.”